{"id":2964,"date":"2011-12-20T07:29:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T13:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2011\/12\/20\/christmas-can-officially-begin\/"},"modified":"2011-12-20T07:29:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T13:29:05","slug":"christmas-can-officially-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2011\/12\/20\/christmas-can-officially-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Can Officially Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed my Facebook update this morning, Christmas Season can officially begin in our household.&#160; Today was Cinnamon Roll Day!&#160; Mikayla and I spent the morning making my Grandma Clark&#8217;s famous cinnamon rolls.&#160; Which in my mind symbolize Christmas.&#160; I love them so much!&#160; Ben asked today why we don&#8217;t make them more often and I said they would lose their mystique if we made them more than just at Christmas time.&#160; Last year I posted about the tradition, you can read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2009\/12\/20\/family-tradition-grandmas-cinnamon-rolls\/\">here<\/a> if you want. <\/p>\n<p>Since cinnamon rolls are so big for my family, I have spent the past couple of years making triple or quadruple batches to fulfill our desires for their gooey goodness.&#160; However, this year I just made one batch since I didn&#8217;t figure they would ship very well (sorry guys).&#160; It was strange only making one batch and we were finished before lunch (this has never happened on cinnamon roll day)!&#160; We had to make a few slight alterations (like swapping honey for the corn syrup), but they still taste a little like home.&#160; To all the Clark family out there \u2013 we will be enjoying some cinnamon rolls this week while thinking of you!<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t manage to take but a couple of pictures today (Ben left with the camera), but here are some pictures from several years ago when my sister and I made cinnamon rolls with my Grandma.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"DSC_0028\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSC_0028\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_0028.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Making cinnamon rolls with the best sous chef around!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Cell Pics Beth 010\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cell Pics Beth 010\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cell-Pics-Beth-010.jpg\" width=\"356\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Slicing<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Cell Pics Beth 012\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cell Pics Beth 012\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cell-Pics-Beth-012.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Sister and Grandma preparing the surface.&#160; Please note the cinnamon sugar shaker on the left.&#160; This was given to me a couple of years ago and I really missed it this year when making.&#160; It makes the cinnamon sugar part a lot easier!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Cell Pics Beth 016\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cell Pics Beth 016\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cell-Pics-Beth-016.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Watching the master at work!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Cell Pics Beth 017\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cell Pics Beth 017\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cell-Pics-Beth-017.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Christa and me! 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